Carex ornithopoda

Carex ornithopoda, called the bird's foot sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to most of Europe, and Anatolia.^[2][3] A variegated cultivar is commercially available.^[4]

Carex ornithopoda
'Variegata' cultivar
Botanical illustration (with Carex ericetorum on right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. ornithopoda
Binomial name
Carex ornithopoda Willd.[1]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:^[2]

• Carex ornithopoda subsp. ornithopoda
• Carex ornithopoda subsp. ornithopodioides (Hausm.) Nyman